It’s a light news day for a change.
Which is probably a relief for both of us after yesterday’s massive missive.
So settle in for a few minutes, and we’ll get right to it.
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A Scottish Uber Eats delivery rider gave police a hand, skidding to a stop and chasing down a moped thief to help take him into custody.
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Local
Altadena councilmember, League Cycling Instructor and former pro mountain biker Dorothy Wong continues her fight for bike safety and protecting the Hahamongna Watershed.
State
Streetsblog says the San Diego Association of Governments, aka SANDAG, can’t see the future for the cars, after the board overrules staff members to invest funds in widening highways. Although invest might not be the right word.
A Silicone Valley bike tour was scratched due to sick chickens.
The Sacramento Bee explains how drivers’ choices can help cut traffic deaths, including using the Dutch Reach and not stopping in bike lanes; the capital city has the deadliest streets for children under 15 for any large California city.
National
You, too, can get your very own bicycle designed specifically to fit a woman’s anatomy — if you have a measly $12,300 hidden under your sofa cushions.
Bike Snob says bicycle tech has advanced so far that it’s almost impossible to buy a bad bike these days. There may be some big box bike buyers who’d probably disagree.
A new portable, quick-release bike saddle promises to eliminate the problems of rain soaked or stolen bicycle seats by allowing you to take it with you; it’s currently raising funds on Kickstarter.
Popular Mechanics lists their choices for the best bike apps.
A Washington writer patiently explains why someone would want to ride on the left edge of what drivers might see as a perfectly good bike lane.
An Idaho judge decides a badly fractured ankle isn’t punished enough, and fines a woman $90 for running a red light on her bike, which led to collision with a driver.
After his grandparent’s neighbor was killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike, a bighearted Colorado 8th grader raised $1,200 for a state bike advocacy group in the victim’s honor.
Clearly, we’re not safe from heartless, cowards anywhere. An Illinois pedestrian was run down by a hit-and-run golf cart driver while walking on a bike path.
No shit. A Dutch man visits his sister in Minnesota, and finds riding a bike here is just a tad different than over there.
An Indianapolis official apparently thinks his constituents aren’t bright enough to grasp how a parking protected bike lane works.
An Arkansas man participating in a century ride was killed when he fell down a 30-foot embankment after apparently suffering a blown tire.
A Maine bike rider is lucky to be alive after a man trained in CPR found him lying unconscious on the side of the road, despite wearing a helmet.
Providence, Rhode Island decides to rip out a two-way protected bike lane over fears that emergency vehicles can’t get through on the newly narrowed traffic lanes. Even though they could easily fit in the wide bikeway or run over the plastic bollards separating the lanes from vehicular traffic if they don’t.
A Long Island teenager learns the hard way that popping a wheelie in traffic may not be the best idea.
New York bike riders rally at city hall to demand passage of bills that would improve bicycle safety, including more protected bike lanes, limiting where garbage trucks can go, and targeting the city’s most dangerous drivers.
A DC bike rider says he was lucky to escape with a bent rim when he was jumped by a group of bike-riding teenagers on the National Mall.
Chapel Hill NC considers banning right turns on red lights at several mostly downtown intersections to protect bicyclists and pedestrians.
A New Orleans radio station says the city may be on its way to becoming carfree.
A very drunk, 51-year old Florida man went back to school without an invitation, riding his bike past security at a high school and taking a seat in a classroom before police led him away in cuffs.
International
A writer for Bike Radar tries a handlebar mirror for the first time. And after reflection, comes away unimpressed.
Speaking of Bike Radar, they can’t wait for the next Trek bike — or the next bike name based on an anagram of Madone — so they invented their own.
A couple in Mérida, Mexico explain how they met while riding their bikes to work. Try doing that in a car.
He gets it. Instead of the usual call for more bike helmets, an Edinburgh trauma surgeon calls for lower speed limits to prevent crashes and save lives.
There’s a lesson here somewhere. A 60-year old British man on a bike tour to Venice collapsed and died while watching porn in an Italian sex shop. Maybe he should have worn his helmet.
Competitive Cycling
Dutch pro Ellen van Dijk is getting her stolen bike back, after German police recovered the purloined Trek Madone that went missing on the final day of the Lotto Ladies Tour.
Colorado Springs CO is planning a $50,000 four-day mountain bike race on the dirt roads, four-wheel paths and mountain bike singletrack of legendary Pikes Peak.
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is back in the saddle again, 14 weeks after a crash while training for the Critérium du Dauphiné sent him to the intensive care unit.
Finally…
Doesn’t everyone wear skintight leather pants for a tandem ride — and stand on the pedals to pose for the camera? Surely, you joust.
And your next e-scooter could do 50 mph.
But that’s not necessarily a good thing.
